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A CORPUS ANALYSIS OF THE EIGHTH GRADERS’ TEXTBOOK

Sekizinci Sınıf İngilizce Ders Kitabı Üzerine Derlem Temelli Çalışma

Nalan KIZILTAN
Doğan BAYDAL
Pages
285–302
Publication Date
2022-10-18
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The study will help not only foreign language learners but also school teachers and textbook writers in order to know and use basic vocabulary required for A2 Level according to the criteria of CEFR.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Vocabulary use in textbooks for foreign language learners is significant since national language corpus must be taken into account in teaching a language as a foreign or a second language.
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Vocabulary use in textbooks for foreign language learners is significant since national language corpus must be taken into account in teaching a language as a foreign or a second language. Textbooks are supposed to have been prepared by the corpus to help the foreign language learners to achieve desired level. This study aims at discussing the corpus in a textbook prepared for the eighth graders in Turkey. Besides it discusses how well it coincides with Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). This study is based on the following questions: 1. What are the most frequent words in the textbook? 2. How well are K1 Words, K2 Words and Academic Words used in the textbook? 3. Does the corpus in the textbook coincide with A2 Level according to CEFR? The study will help not only foreign language learners but also school teachers and textbook writers in order to know and use basic vocabulary required for A2 Level according to the criteria of CEFR.

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Yabancı dil ya da ikinci dil öğretiminde hedef dildeki derlemin dikkate alınması gerektiğinden dolayı, yabancı dil ders kitaplarında sözcük kullanımı yabancı dil öğrenenler için önem arz etmektedir. Belirlenen hedeflere ulaşmada dil öğrenenlere yardım etmek için; yabancı dil ders kitaplarının hedef dil derlemi dikkate alınarak hazırlanmış olması beklenmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı ilköğretim 8. sınıf İngilizce dersi için hazırlanan ders kitabındaki sözcüklerin hedef dil derlemi açısından uyguluğunu tartışmaktır. Aynı zamanda kitaptaki sözcüklerin Avrupa Dilleri Ortak Çerçeve Programındaki sözcük seçimi kıstaslarına uygunluğu tartışılmıştır. Bu çalışmadaki araştırma soruları şunlardır: 1. Ders kitabında en sık kullanılan sözcükler nelerdir? 2. İngilizce ’de en sık kullanılan 1000 sözcük, en sık kullanılan ikinci 1000 sözcük ve akademik sözcükler ders kitabında nasıl kullanılmıştır? 3. Ders kitabında kullanılan sözcükler, Avrupa Dilleri Ortak Çerçeve Programı A2 düzeyine uygun mudur? Bu çalışma yabancı dil öğretmenleri ve ders kitabı yazarlarına A2 düzeyine uygun sözcük seçiminde faydalı olacaktır.

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KIZILTAN, N., BAYDAL, D. (2022). A CORPUS ANALYSIS OF THE EIGHTH GRADERS’ TEXTBOOK. Kafkas Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, Cilt: 0 - Sayı: 22, 285–302. https://ajindex.com/articles/569397

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